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15 October 2005
Everblue 2 is the definition of a unique niche game...
2 of 2 found this helpful I am an avid SCUBA diver, which is the main reason I wanted to play this game. If you are not a diver, well - it's still a compitent rpg/sim. Half of the game is played like Final Fantasy VII and other rpg's from that era. Your cartoony character wanders around a pre-rendered town, buying and selling items that he finds while diving, talking to characters to further the story, etc. The second half of the game is spent diving in a first-person view. You get to dive sandy shallows, colorful reefs, spooky shipwrecks and even the occasional cave or sunken ruin. The above-water aspects of Everblue 2 are repetitive and un-original but the diving is handled really well. While not exactly pushing the graphics of the PS2, the variety of aquatic life you encounter is cool and the underwater environments are fairly accurate. As an active shipwreck diver, I can say that I find the moments of nearly running out of air while seeking out an artifact deep in a sunken pirate ship quite exciting. 4/5 'cuz at least it's different!